Pastry-cone holder.



M. SCHWARZ.

PASTRY CONE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 13. m1. RENEWED MAR. 9. NHL

1,Q65,392. Patented May 7,1918.

MAX SCHWARZ, 0F RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

PASTRY-CONE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2, 1918.

Application filed July 13, 1917, Serial No. 180,400. Renewed March 9,1918. Serial No. 221,577.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX SCHWARZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Richmond, in thecounty of Henrico and State of Virginia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pastry-ConeHolders, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to scoops or holders for ice cream pastry cones,and it is particularly adapted for holding the cone during the processof filling. 1

The object of my invention is to provide a holder which shall be simpleto manufacture, inexpensive, sanitary, convenient and durable. Ainotherobject of my invention is to provide a holder which may be used as ascoop in the ice cream, the pastry cone being held within the holder. I

In the drawings which accompany this specification, and in which likenumerals refer to like parts in the several viewsz Figure I is a sideelevation of my holder with a part of the cup cut away to show a pastrycone within it; Fig. II shows the closed holder in plan; Fig. III alsoin plan shows the holder open to its limit; and Fig. IV is a detailshowing in section the lower part of the cup of the holder.

In Fig. I, 1 is the cup of the holder, formed by the two parts 2 and 3,which come together along their vertical edges. The upper edges of theparts 2 and 3 are turned slightly inward, as at 4, to stiffen the edgeand also to act as a retainer for the pastry cone when in place in thecup.

The two parts 2 and 3 of the cup 1 are supported by the arms 5 and 6,which are of heavy sheet metal and formed to a half round. The arms 5and 6 are connected by means of a pivot or hinge at 7. Formed byextensions of the arms 5 and 6, and beyond the pivot 7, are two stops 8and 9, which coming together limit the opening between the two cup parts2 and 3.

A spring 10 disposed around the hinge 7 its ends acting outwardlyagainst the insides of the arms 5 and 6, tends to hold the in strumentopen. To use the instrument the two arms 5 and 6 are grasped by the handand brought together until the cup parts 2 and 3 nearly meet. A pastrycone may now be dropped into place and the cup closed. Or the pastrycone may be picked up without touching it with the hand, using theinstrument as one does a pair of tongs. If the pastry cone is standingon its larger end on a plate, the nearly closed holder is inverted andslipped down over the cone until the cup of the holder strikes theplate. Upon closing the cup the turned in edge 4 lifts the pastry coneinto place, and prevents it from dropping as the holder is raised.

Pastry cones are madewith closed and also with open tips or small ends.My holder can be used for either type of cone, it being only necessaryto make the cup portion of a depth to suit the depth of the cone used.

With the pastry cone in place my holder may be used as a scoop withwhich to pick up the ice cream, which consequently fills the pastrycone. he turned edge 4 pro tects the cone, and also acts as a stiffcuttin blade against the ice cream.

Constant use of a scoop or holder of this type in ice cream, some ofwhich is very stifi, would at length produce looseness of the arms 5 and6 about the hinge 7, with the result that the cup parts 2 and 3 wouldnot come together fairly, and the usefulness of the instrument would bevery much reduced. To provide against this I close the lower extremityof the cup with the half bottoms 11 and 12, one of which is providedwith a tongue 13, and the other with a groove 14. By means of thistongue and groove endwise motion of either of the cup parts 2 and 3,relatively to one another, is prevented when the cup is closed. Thisarrangement is shown in detail in Fig. IV. Here the tongue and grooveare shown of conventional form. They can as readily be made in sheetmetal, the whole cup and the arms being of the same material. It isevident that instead of a tongue and groove a .dowel pin and hole may beused. Locking means can also be formed in the vertical edge of the cup,but the bottom location is the stronger and the more sanitary.

It will be noted that my cone holder is composed of few parts,substantially designed, and so disposed that the holder is easilyinspected and cleaned. It is also simple to manufacture, and is durable.

I claim, and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States:

1. A pastry cone holder consisting of a hollow cone split in the plateof its axis, handles attached one to each of the parts of the hollowcone and hinged together at their farther ends, a spring arranged tohold the hinged handles normally apart, a stop to limit the opening ofthe hinge, and locking means to limit motion of the parts of the hollowcone relatively to one another in the direction .of their axis.

2. A pastry cone holder consisting of a hollow cone split in the planeof its axis,

handles attached one to each of. the parts of the hollow cone and hingedtogether at their farther ends, a spring arranged to hold the hingedhandles normally apart, and a stop to limit the opening of the hinge.

8. A pastry cone holder consisting of a hollow cone split in the planeof its axis, handles attached one to each of the parts of the hollowcone and hinged together at their farther ends, and a stop to limit theopening of the hinge.

i. A pastry cone holder consisting of a hollow cone split in the planeof its axis, handles attached one to each of the parts of the hollowcone and hinged together at their tarther ends, and locking means tolimit the motion of the parts of the hollow -,cone relatively to oneanother in the direction of their axis.

5. A pastry cone holder consisting of a hollow cone split in the planeof its axis, handles attached one to each of the parts of the hollow.cone and hinged together at their farther ends, a stop to limit theopening of the hinge, and locking means vto limit motion of the parts ofthe hollow .cone

one of the parts of the'receptacle and hinged together at their ifartherends so that when they are swung on the hinge the two parts of thereceptacle maybe broughttogether, a spring arranged to act against thearms to open the hinge to hold the two parts of the receptacle normally.apart, a stop to limit the opening of the hinge, and locking means tolimit motion ofthe two parts-of the receptacle relatively to one anotherin a plane normal to the hinge movement.

7. A pastry cone holder consisting of a two part conical receptacleprovided at its larger end with an inwardly disposed portion, two armsattached by one end each to one of the parts of :the receptacle andhinged together at their farther ends so that when they are swung on thehinge the two parts of the receptacle may be, brought together, a springarranged -:to act against the arms to open the hinge to hold the twoparts of the receptacle normally apart, and a stop to limit the openingof the hinge.

' MAX SCHVVARZ.

Witnesses: K

KENNETH H. GHADICK, G. 'GODDIN.

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' Washington, D. C.

